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This old church in Hopkinton, RI, has been restored and looks likes this today. In 1789 George Thurston and Thomas Wells were granted a lottery by the General Assembly for the purpose of building a Meeting House. The original site for the Union Meeting House was on the north side of West Road. The Meeting House was moved to its present location in 1828. The town of Hopkinton assisted in this move and reserved the right to use the building for town meetings. In 1834, the First Day Baptists left to build a church of their own.
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